I just stumbled across this… this is so cool. But, it starts to get WAY cooler… My alma mater CU-Boulder designed plans and schematics for a space station: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19890010809/downloads/19890010809.pdf https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19890010809 L1 (more…)
“Is there life in the universe” isn’t the same question as “have aliens visited us”, to the extent we should also stop using “UFO” to spontaneously assume “Alien Spacecraft”. COME ON PEOPLE!
Is there life out there? Infinite universe. Yup. Do they exist before us? Not likely, as it takes awhile to evolve. Maybe one go round. Have they not existed yet, and we’ll be long dead when (more…)
A quick thought on The Expanse vs Battlestar Galactica.
If you like physics… that alone is enough to start The Expanse. I’m in my little pandemic bubble and echo chamber, so I’ve been watching this show with jaw-dropped amazement, and isolated such that I (more…)
Astronomy, Cosmology, & Physics round up, November 2019: Hubble Constant mystery, Moments before the Big Bang, Universe connected by giant structures, Dinosaurs on the other side of the galaxy, Starlink space light pollution, flat or spherical universe?
The Hubble constant: a mystery that keeps getting bigger: Scientists have found a discrepancy in estimates for the rate of expansion of the universe. Why is this and what does it mean? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/nov/02/hubble-constant-mystery-that-keeps-getting-bigger-estimate-rate-expansion-universe-cosmology-cepheid We (more…)